Jackpot Prelims

back after another unintended break...got quite busy with other stuff..

there is a website called http://chennaimoms.com. came across this site sometime in jan when i was googling for some reviews..found it to be quite interesting...have been a member since...a nice community of young moms..sharing the same thoughts and beliefs...a forum to discuss all kinds of issues- anything and everything from baby foods to playschool reviews to shops selling designer sarees..as someone in the group rightly said, its a virtual family!!

a few weeks ago, one of the members (actually the founder!) had expressed interest in particpating in Jaya TV' s Jackpot show as it would be a nice way to promote the website.. i was one among the early birds to reply to her post and soon, we found ourselves in Tellyzoom' s office( the company that produces the show). On saturday, we had a prelims round...The four of us- Bhavani, the founder of the website and mother of 2 lil boys, Nisha a mother of two and a part time editor, Sayee- an IT professional with a 3 year old daughter and moi- were waiting to be interviewed by the producer of the show..Our slot was at 12 45PM but we had to wait a good 2 hrs before we got to meet the her. It was a very generic interactive session...they first asked abt the website and then abt each of us..and some questions abt the show and finally, a set of survey questions that we had to answer...i shud say we did pretty ok..the final list of selected teams will be announced after the 16th of this month..and if we get thru, they will have the shooting sometime in august!! keeping our fingers crossed!! :)

more than the enthusiasm for participating in the show, it was the excitement to meet these young and interesting ladies with whom i have been interacting these past few months..i was finally abt to put a face to their names.. had so much fun..after a long time, got to spend time with ppl of my age, gossiping and giggling like high school gals...although there are regular meet- ups every month, i have not been able to attend any till date..hope to make it a must henceforth...a nice break from monotony for working moms like us!!

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